Many of the incarcerated men and women in this country are parents. Their children pay a high price—and with almost two-and-a-half million children experiencing the loss of a parent to the criminal justice system, it's a price that is also paid by schools, neighborhoods, and extended families.

Chapin Hall Center for Children and The MacArthur Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy are co-sponsoring Adolescence and the Transition to Adulthood.

CFK Reports From: The Impact of Meth on Foster Care, Children, and Families
Event: Panel Discussion
Organized By: Generations United
Where/When: June 8, 2006; Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC

The discussion at this congressional briefing on the impact of methamphetamine abuse on foster care, children, and families paid special attention to the role being played by grandparents who step forward to become legal guardians for children who are removed from their homes due to a parent's methamphetamine abuse.

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) through a grant to the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) presents the 11th Annual DMC Conference.

Not Just Talk: Incorporating Youth Voice into Juvenile Justice Reform and Practice
June 21, 2006 3 pm EDT Conference Call

CFK Reports From: Child Welfare and Well-Being: Building a 21st-Century System for Kids
Event: Panel discussion
Organized By: The Urban Institute and Chapin Hall Center for Children
Where/When: June 8, 2006; Urban Institute, Washington, DC

This event, the last in a series, was a useful discussion of one of the central tensions within the child welfare field: between the imperative to keep children physically safe from harm and the understanding that removing children from their parents, homes and neighborhoods damages them.

By many measures, girls are on a roll. In terms of academic achievement, college attendance and completion, and the opportunities that are open to them, girls are poised for success. But some experts see worrying signs that girls are also facing new pressures—and responding with violent behavior usually associated with boys. Andrea Grazzini Walstrom takes a look at the issue.

Sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, "Graduated Sanctions in Juvenile Justice: A National Training," is scheduled for May 7-10, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nev.

The Center for Policy Alternatives will hold its 2006 Juvenile Justice conference in St. Louis Missouri.